rehabilitate (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[rehabilitate 词源字典]
1570s, "to bring back to a former condition after decay or damage," back-formation from rehabilitation and in part from Medieval Latin rehabilitatus, past participle of rehabilitare. Meaning "to restore one's reputation or character in the eyes of others" is from 1847. Related: Rehabilitated; rehabilitating.[rehabilitate etymology, rehabilitate origin, 英语词源]